A position is open for working with the John Max Wulfing Collection of Ancient Coins at Washington University in St. Louis. -Editor
Washington University in St. Louis seeks to appoint a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow to catalogue the John Max Wulfing Collection of Ancient Coins. The Wulfing Collection of
nearly 16,000 objects consists primarily of ancient Roman, Byzantine, and Greek coins and ranks as one of the largest numismatic collections at a North American college or
university. The Fellow will be based in the Department of Classics and will teach one course per year for the department, but their principal duties will be to develop and
implement a cataloguing system and to aid the Curator (a member of the Classics faculty) in tasks related to management of the Collection.
The successful candidate will have a PhD in a relevant field in hand by July 1, 2019, possess extensive numismatic expertise in the coinages of the ancient Mediterranean world,
and show evidence of scholarly promise. Any prior experience as a Postdoctoral Fellow elsewhere must be limited to two years. The position will require the Fellow to perform all
aspects of cataloguing (including photography, scanning of archival materials, and preparation of the digital catalogue). No specific course is required for the teaching element
of the Fellowship, but the successful candidate is expected to be competent in teaching the classical languages, to make a significant contribution to the graduate and
undergraduate programs in Classics, and to participate in the intellectual life of the department.
The initial appointment will be for a two-year term, with a possibility of renewal after the second year. The Curator will serve as the Fellow’s mentor, helping the Fellow
further master the skills associated with the fellowship, plan individual research, and prepare for a career in the field.
Applicants should submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a sample of scholarly writing, course evaluations or other evidence of teaching excellence, and three letters of
recommendation by Dec. 1, 2018. All materials should be sent via email to classics- search@wustl.edu. Inquiries may be sent to Cathy Keane, Chair of the Department of
Classics (ckeane@wustl.edu). Members of the search committee will conduct its first short-list interviews via Skype.
For more information on the collection, see:
Discover the John Max Wulfing coin collection (https://classics.artsci.wustl.edu/photos/33)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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